-only six completed in June session
The Director of Public Pro-secutions (DPP) office says 240 matters have been listed for the Demerara October 2012 Criminal Assizes which started on Tuesday, while six matters were completed in the June Assizes that closed on September 28.
In a press release yesterday the DPP’s Chambers said an initial 234 cases were listed to be heard by Justice Roxane George and Justice Franklin Holder during the June Assizes which started on June 5; however only six matters were heard. Three of the six matters; two for the offence of murder and one for rape, were heard before Justice George and the other three; two for murder and one for carnal knowledge were heard before Justice Holder, the DPP said.
In one of the murder trials Justice George upheld a “no case submission” by defence counsel Richardson and directed the jury to return a formal verdict of not guilty. The State has
